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Michelle Grabner, Untitled, 2024-25, bronze, courtesy of the artist
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Gertrude Stein
American author and poet Gertrude Stein was relatively unknown to the western literary canon until recently. Her poetry was deemed “too abstract” and unmarketable, but her work brought together visual artists and writers through abstraction and Post-Impressionist movements. She and her life partner/secretary Alice B. Toklas were known to host salons for high-profile, Modernist creators. She helped launch Pablo Picasso and Henri Maltese’s careers and may have influenced James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. While she lived and worked in the Modernist period, her work has heavy postmodern literary elements. Her work was ahead of its time, and writers today are just catching up to the genius of her phonetic skill and speech rhythms. Her use of repetition challenges language as both a form of communication and an artistic medium. The Schneider Museum of Art’s exhibitions Underdone Potato and Hello Hello Hello both play with this idea of repeating images, abstraction, and representation. Learn more about Gertrude Stein and read some of her work with the link below.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gertrude-stein
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Tony Tasset, Distressed (Carmine, Yellow, Navy Blue, Red Ochre, Violet), 2019, acrylic on canvas, courtesy of the artist
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Tony Tasset
Known for his large sculptures, Tony Tasset’s work is like if pop art got hit with radiation. He uses an array of mediums to explore the material relationship between ideas and their representation, often challenging established symbolism. He is a flexible artist who uses any medium at his disposal to capture whatever he is looking to convey in that moment. There’s something visceral about his work. From ripped canvases to a three-story, veiny eye looking out in Dallas, Texas, Tasset’s work has an unsettling and raw element that draws viewers in and keeps them there. His Distressed series, a collection of ripped and painted canvases, can be found in the Treehaven Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art. Learn more about Tony Tasset with the link below, and see how his work interacts with the others in Hello Hello Hello today.
https://hyperallergic.com/559883/tony-tasset-the-weight-at-kavi-gupta/
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Alex Jovanovich, Negative Self-Talk Turd (Hidden), 2023, pencil on watercolor paper, Courtesy of the artist
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Alex Jovanovich
Artist and writer Alex Jovanovich blends words and visual art to create dynamic conversations. Jovanovich’s relationship to language and art follows a tradition of art writers and critics. His positions as senior editor and writer for Artforum give him an insider perspective on art history and the contemporary art world. This connection influences his visual works through technique, symbols, and materials. Two pieces from his Negative Self-Talk Drawings collection are currently on view in the Treehaven Gallery. Read some of his art criticism with the link below, and find his work in the Schneider Museum of Art.
https://www.artforum.com/author/alex-jovanovich/
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